Publishers Note Tarnished

By Jay D. Prince The list of names is becoming seemingly endless. It’s a list that includes Carlos Almanzar, Uwe Ampler, and Laura Azevedo. Who? Okay, how about Lyle Alzado, Jose Canseco, Marion Jones and Roger Clemens. A quick Google...

From US Squash High Lobs, Higher Praise

By Kevin Klipstein The W. Stewart Brauns Jr. Award is a national honor presented by U.S. SQUASH to a person who has made substantial administrative contributions to squash. Brauns was a U.S. Squash Board President from 1969- 1971 and intimately involved...

Squash Flashmob Hits Malaysia

The world’s top squash players turned out in force at the Curve Shopping Mall in Selangor, Malaysia, to stage a flashmob to draw attention to the sport’s bid to be added to the Olympic Games program in...

Women’s Squash Week a Big Hit

  The first US Women’s Squash Week was a huge success with over 400 women of all ages and skill levels participating across 15 cities this past September. Social, round robins were held in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Connecticut, Denver, Houston,...

2011-2012 Scholar Athletes Announced

U.S. SQUASH officially announced the recipients of the 2011-2012 U.S. SQUASH Scholar-Athlete Awards, given to high school student athletes who achieved a Grade Point Average of 3.5 in school and participated in at least four U.S. SQUASH sanctioned...

Squash Tops Google Search

Squash was the top-rising query on Google Maps during the Summer of 2012 in the United Kingdom, according to research published by Google. The survey, published online (you can find a link at SquashMagazine.com) by Google Maps’ senior product manager...

Slingshot Mechanics: Movement seamlessly powers shot production

By Richard Millman, Owner - The Squash Doctor Corporation The way that Squash is frequently learned is to first strike the ball. Unfortunately this tends to lead to a mechanically inefficient method of power transfer that, for some players, results...

What is a Healthy Diet?

By Candace Chemtob, B.S. and M.S. in Human Nutrition Time and time again, we are bombarded with misinformation about nutrition. Facts are slanted to sell products or books. Eat berries from the Amazon or indulge in dark chocolate may be...

Endurance Training For Squash? Interval Time

By Damon-Leedale Brown, Sports Scientist & Conditioning Specialist Squash could easily be classed as an endurance sport, especially when you consider at the higher levels of play that matches on the Pro Tour can often...

Are You Appealing?

By Barry Faguy, WSF Referees and Rules Committee Depends what I’m wearing! Badda- boom! OK, old joke; couldn’t resist. Nonetheless, it’s a common question from the Referee. Something happens, play stops, and we assume an...